Both curriculum and pop culture, perhaps not coincidentally, have no problem dealing with class systems when they’re at a remove.
Joss Whedon, Modern Dress Shakespeare, and the Problem of Class in Classrooms
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Guest Post by Christopher Shamburg… When the Lit Hits the Fan in Teacher Education
November 23, 2012 By 12 Comments
Teachers don’t have to teach Harry Potter, Captain America, or World of Warcraft, but they can allow students to build their writing on these stories.
Guest Post by Miguel Rodriguez… How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Monster: Overcoming the Stigma of the Horror Genre
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It is important to remember that the stories I’ve mentioned were never really called “horror stories” because horror as a genre is essentially a ploy to make certain properties more marketable to a segment of the population.
Guest Post by Ryan Goble… Uncommon Literacies: Teaching ‘This American Life’ (2)
September 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If our job as educators is to engage the hearts and minds of our students I can think of no better pop cultural text than “This American Life” to uncover the silly, strange, and sublime states of the human condition with our students.
8 Pop Culture Clips That Prove Shakespeare Is The Coolest Thing Ever
May 30, 2012 By
Yesterday’s release of “Coriolanus” on DVD led to this thought: what are some of the more impressive pop culture riffs on Shakespeare?
Congratulations——You’re Now A Sports Fan Even If You Hate Sports
April 2, 2012 By
So why do we both reduce and, strangely, enthrone the arts by pitting authors, composers, and other creative types against each other?
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